{"id":218599,"date":"2025-10-22T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218599\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:46:09","slug":"exactly-anthony-joshua-gives-major-update-on-fight-with-tyson-fury-and-shares-theory-about-gypsy-kings-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218599\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Exactly’ – Anthony Joshua gives major update on fight with Tyson Fury and shares theory about Gypsy King’s comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury is only returning to boxing in order to fight him.<\/p>\n

The British heavyweight icons continue to be tipped for a long-awaited clash in the ring.<\/p>\n

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Joshua believes his long-awaited bout against Fury ‘has to happen’ if his rival returnsCredit: GettyLennox Lewis makes Mike Tyson comparison as he urges Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury to finally fight each other – exclusive<\/p>\n

Hopes of the pair finally facing off had appeared to be over following Fury’s retirement<\/a> from the sport.<\/p>\n

The Gypsy King announced he would be hanging up his gloves after losing his rematch to Oleksandr Usyk in December.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Joshua<\/a> has not fought since being knocked out by Daniel Dubois over a year ago.<\/p>\n

However, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren confirmed the former world champion would be making a comeback<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n

Joshua’s Fury theory<\/p>\n

Joshua believes his rival is only doing so in order for their bout to finally take place<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to German outlet Sport1, he was asked if the fight will happen following Warren’s comments.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old admitted: “Yes, I think it will happen. Why not? What else will he do? He has to fight me.”<\/p>\n

As for if Fury is coming back because of him, he simply replied: “Exactly.”<\/p>\n

His comments follow Warren’s revelation that Fury<\/a> was eyeing a return to action next year.<\/p>\n

The Queensberry chief told DAZN earlier this month: “I spoke to him last week; he said that he’s going to come back and fight next year.<\/p>\n

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Fury is only making a 2026 comeback to fight Joshua, according to AJCredit: Getty\"However,<\/a><\/p>\n

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However, the Brit has ruled out a third bout with Usyk until after he faces FuryCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

“He’s going to do it. He’s had a very busy year this year. He’s obviously not had a fight this year, but as we’ve all seen, he’s had his documentary.<\/p>\n

“He’s been filming with Netflix for his At Home with the Fury\u2019s series.<\/p>\n

“He’s also got another documentary that he’s finishing off, plus other things he wants.<\/p>\n

“He’s told me categorically he wants to fight next year. So, we’ll sit down and see.”<\/p>\n

Joshua on a trilogy bout with Usyk<\/p>\n

Joshua has poured water on talk of a third fight against Usyk, though, at least until after he has faced Fury.<\/p>\n

AJ explained: “He’s already beaten me twice. If we look back at history, we see that some boxers have faced each other five or six times.<\/p>\n

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Joshua stopped short of confirming whether or not he will face anyone else before FuryCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“But as of now, Usyk can decide what he wants to do next. I think I have to fight Tyson Fury. Usyk, on the other hand, doesn’t have to fight me.”<\/p>\n

Although he added he could face the Ukrainian after fighting Fury, Joshua would not be drawn on whether he will take on anyone else before that potential all-British affair.<\/p>\n

The two-time heavyweight world champion continued: “That depends on what my managers and trainers think.<\/p>\n

“Whether another fight is good for me or whether we want to avoid the risk and go straight to the big fight. For me, either is fine.”<\/p>\n

Joshua last fought in September 2024, when he was beaten by Daniel Dubois in an IBF title bout at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n

Dubois stopped his opponent in the fifth round after knocking Joshua down four times during the fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury is only returning to boxing in order to fight him. The British heavyweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,19056,4036,101,6901,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-218599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-frank-warren","11":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tyson-fury","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}